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Trophy Club CCPD board uses reserves to fund police cadet position
Summary
The Trophy Club Crime Control and Prevention District board approved a fiscal-year 2026 budget amendment to use reserve funds to hire and train a police cadet/over-hire position, citing staffing pipeline challenges and an estimated annual cost of just over $100,000.
The Trophy Club Crime Control and Prevention District board voted unanimously in July 2025 to amend its fiscal year 2026 budget and use reserve funds to hire and train a police cadet/over-hire position to bolster department staffing.
Chief Grama told the board, “We have just over $300,000 in our reserve fund,” and described a proposal to use a portion of those reserves to fund a single cadet position. “The cost is just over a $100,000 a year to fund that, for a full year,” Grama said, adding that the department expects the hire to move into the general fund after backfilling and that unspent budget allotments would roll over in future years.
The board opened and closed a public hearing on the…
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